Early Americas

If you’ve ever tried to review Indigenous America with your middle schoolers and found yourself facing blank stares, mixed-up timelines, and students insisting the Aztecs lived in New York, you are not alone. Indigenous America is one of those units that students love… but somehow still manage to confuse every chance they get. It’s a rich, complex period of history that deserves attention, nuance, and accuracy — but when test prep rolls around, it can feel like you’re suddenly climbing a mountain with the whole class strapped to your back.

That’s exactly why I created an Indigenous America review game. I wanted something that didn’t require me to stand at the front of the room explaining differences between regions for the tenth time, and something that didn’t put students into “worksheet mode.” This game is the tool that finally helped everything click for my students — and made test prep a whole lot smoother for me.